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Fifteen Topper Wrestlers Heading To State Meet

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Topper wrestlers display their gold medals won at the district meet Saturday in Española. The meet establishes seeding for the state meet this weekend at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. The Topper team is taking 15 wrestlers to state, one in each weight class. Gold medal winners from left, Nathan Harper, Damian Gonzales, Ben Gellis, Damian Garcia, Mateo Martinez, Teke Nieto. Not pictured is Alex Pittman and Josh Archuleta. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Nathan Harper wrestling in the 138-weight class pins his opponent from Española to win the gold. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Toppers Fall To Sundevils 50-65

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Video highlights by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Harrison Frank drives through traffic on his way to the basket in  the 2nd quarter, he was the Topper’s high point scorer with 21 points, which included 4-3’s in a game against the Espanñla Sundevils Friday night in Griffith Gymnasium. The Toppers fell behind by 10 points in the first quarter and trailed by 10 points throughout the rest of the game as the two teams played even and the Sundevils won 65-50. The Toppers continue to improve, but the Toppers had no answer for the Sundevils fast paced game. The next game will be played in Taos Thursday Feb. Read More

Toppers Varsity Girls Basketball Fall To St. Pius Sartans

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Video Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJOZnds0pJ4 Video by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Becca Green fights off two Sartan defenders underneath the basket. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

SPORTS News:

Toppers Varsity girls basketball team hosted the St. Pius Sartans at home Saturday in Griffith Gymnasium.

The first half was hard fought, ending in a 21-21 tie. Despite strong defense by the Toppers, the Sartans slowly pulled away to win the match 41-50.

Becca Green lead the team with 17 points, followed by Natalie Gallegos with 10.

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Toppers Host Cleveland Storm In Dual Meet

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Teke Nieto wrestling in the 132-lb weight class rolls his opponent over in preparation for the pin. Nieto won with a pin in the 2nd period in a dual match with the Cleveland Storm Wednesday afternoon in the Auxiliary Gymnasium at Los Alamos High School. This match was scheduled to prepare the Topper wrestlers for the upcoming state meet Feb. 21-22 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. The Storm is a 6A wrestling program leading the state in the rankings, so they were very tough. This gave the Toppers a chance to experience stiff competition before the state meet. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Toppers Drop District Game To Elkettes 44-39 (VIDEO)

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Becca Green battles Tonni Aquino for a rebound under the Topper basket in a district game played Tuesday night in Griffith Gymnasium. Green was the top scorer for the Toppers with 17 points. The Toppers and the Elkettes played mostly even throughout the game with the Elkettes leading the first half but the Toppers led at the end of the 3rd quarter and were within striking distance as the game drew to a close, but were not able to close out the game and the Elkettes won 44-39. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwCdvav59l8 Video by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com Read More

Los Alamos Hockey Sweeps Amarillo On Home Ice

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The Los Alamos Hockey Team swept the Amarillo Big Texan Bulls in a two-game series played this past Saturday and Sunday at the County Ice Rink. In Saturday night’s game Los Alamos won by a score of 7-3, in spite of the score, both teams played an exciting hard-fought game to the enjoyment of the crowd. Los Alamos won the Sunday morning game 4-3.  These games marked the final home games for the season. Here Ty Swavely makes a diving attempt to keep the puck away from Ayden Boyd in the 3rd period. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Sean Mitchell moves the puck through traffic on his way the goal, he scored Read More

Video: Topper Boys Basketball Falls To Taos Tigers 75-85

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Wesley Stanfield  hits for two critical points at the end of the game. Video by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Brian Owen feels the full effect of the Taos defense under the Topper basket in a game played Friday night in Griffith Gymnasium. The two teams were pretty evenly matched and the game went into overtime with the Tigers pulling off the win 85-75. The game was very exciting with many score changes and lots of action.  The Toppers game continues to improve, as they won the game against St Pius played Saturday in Albuquerque. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

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Video Clip: Toppers Fall To Lady Sundevils 45-29

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Michaela Gonzales battles with the Sundevil’s defense under the Topper basket in a game played Tuesday night in Griffith Gymnasium at Los Alamos High School. The Española Valley Sundevils were not tall but they made up for it with quick and aggressive play on both offense and defense, which the Toppers could not deal with, and the Sundevils led all four quarters and won 45-29. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Video footage of the game by Nate Limback/ladailypost.
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Local Groundhog Predicts Chiefs Will Win Super Bowl

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This morning in the eastern part of the country, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow and so an early spring is predicted. However, here in Los Alamos the local groundhog seems more interested in predicting the winner of today’s super bowl, likely because his handlers are originally from Kansas. Courtesy photo

 

Groundhog Day News:

Punxsutawney is a borough in the south of Jefferson County, Penn., 84 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. It was incorporated in 1850.

With a population of 5,962 as of the 2010 census, Punxsutawney is the largest incorporated municipality in Jefferson County.

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